WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has announced its full list of recipients of $248.5 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program grants, which will fund 32 projects in 27 states. Some of the grants had been announced previously by individual recipients [see “Announcements begin on infrastructure grants,” Trains News Wire, March 2, 2020].
The largest awards not previously announced include:
— Up to $27 million to the Kansas Department of Transportation for upgrades including rails, ties, ballas, turnouts, bridges, and grade crossings on the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.
— Up to $18.8 million for Delmarva Central Railroad projects including refurbishment of three bridges and nine grade crossings in Delaware and Maryland, plus upgrades of over 100 miles of track between Porter, Del., and Lecano, Md.
— Up to $14.5 million for upgrades of 38 miles of Class III Ellis & Eastern right-of-way between Brandon, S.D., and Worthington, Minn., including 11 bridges, a siding, 6 miles of rail, and 45 grade crossings.
— Up to $12.9 million for Stage A CREATE’s Pullman Junction project, which will add a second track and upgrade signals and switches between Woodlawn Avenue and Stony Island Avenue in Chicago.
The full list of grant recipients is available here.
ANDY and JIM – Yes, it seems as if someone at Kalmbach is on vacation. I have noticed.
I’ve been waiting for a blog on the Milwaukee Muskego Yard WisDOT proposal. Kalmbach hasn’t picked up on the story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I know for a fact that the Milwaukee paper is circulated here in Waukesha County, as I’m myself a subscriber.
LANCE – My bad, do apologize.
Charles Landry….guess you forgot to read the story LAST WEEK
https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2020/03/06-news-wire-digest-second-section-for-friday-march-6
Jim…plus it makes it difficult to have a coherent dialog here as people are commenting on different stories.
I notice one of the FRA projects is a $225K study to extend AMTK 3 + 4 from La Junta and/or Trinidad to Pueblo and Colo. Springs. A rail solution would entail new trains on the Joint Line which will take forever to achieve and cost $$$$$$, but a true connecting bus could be done right away. There are current connections via Raton NM but these are Greyhound/TMN&O schedules rather than a dedicated Amtrak connection.
Before Amtrak, Santa Fe had a pair of trains (27-190 and 201-28) that connected at La Junta with The Chief (19-20) at times convenient for Denver-LA travel. The timetable also showed Continental Trailways buses that connected with other trains (Santa Fe Trailways had been a Trailways member).
[after the big 1968 train-off the trains continued to operate up to Amtrak but connections at La Junta were complicated].
Whatever has happened to Newswire makes it sparse and uninteresting. Please do it the old way.